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She Never Even Had a Chance
Missing: A True Story of a Childhood Lost is a story of a young girl's survival, a woman's surthrival. It is a story of suffering, of...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20201 min read
You Have to Learn before You Can Teach: A Mother’s Journey to Self-Love
I watch my son struggling right now, with sadness, with self-esteem issues, trying to find his way amidst experiences out of his control....
Jade Alexandra
Dec 10, 20206 min read
The Holidays Are Not Always Full of Cheer
Dear Parentless Adult Survivors of Child Abuse, As you know it’s the time of year that for some is not so full of cheer. For so many,...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20204 min read
Things I Wish I’d Learned in My 20s (i.e., Everything My Nagging Jewish Mother Ever Told Me)
Don’t date boys that don’t have their shit together – no matter how hot they may be. What’s start out as endearing quickly turns...
Jade Alexandra
Dec 10, 20203 min read
Fear Kept Me Silent and Running
As a child that ran away habitually and publicly, I was labeled a problem child. I was scape-goated by my mother so as to deflect...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20204 min read
Another Night on the Street
On May 26th, 2017, I will be participating in a new event, the first ever all women Sleep Out, to raise awareness and much needed funds...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20203 min read
The Gift of Vulnerability
Since I began my journey of sharing my story I have been blessed to touch lives in a way I never anticipated. I didn’t have a plan, I...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20204 min read
What Should Have Been Said
The following is a letter that I have addressed to Amy Dickinson of the Toronto Sun. I was initially going to send it to the editor,...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20207 min read
The Women’s Unite Sleep Out Was Absolutely Incredible!
The evening began with three former residents of Covenant House sharing their experiences and where they are now. One of the graduates...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20203 min read
For all of the Daddies, “real” and other, I wish you a Happy Father’s Day. For my three daddies, tha
Father’s Day is a strange day for me. Heavy and yet not heavy … I had three fathers growing up. But somehow I always felt fatherless...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20206 min read
We Lived in an Apartment Complex Sauna
Every now and again I search for the girl that took me under her wing when I lived on the streets so many years ago. Lawrie was a huge...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20204 min read
No Justice for the Victims
In the wake of the charges and civil suits brought against Bill Cosby for “allegedly” drugging and sexually assaulting over 60 women and...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20206 min read
Sexual Assault Survivors and Dating
"Of all the things that can affect our relationships, one we hear very little about is a history of sexual violence. “You’ve just started...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 10, 20201 min read
The #MeToo Gift
#NoMoreShame I love that idea, that hashtag… I really do. Do you hear the “but” coming? BUT: I have an issue with the slogan I love, the...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 9, 20203 min read
Cyntoia Brown may never be free
Cyntoia Brown was released from prison yesterday, yet she is far from free. She will always be the survivor of rape, of trafficking, and...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 9, 20205 min read
Odd Girl Out
Aside from the abuse itself, the most difficult … painful thing to live with is the loss of the family I grew up with; the only people...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 9, 20205 min read
I lived on the streets in Miami during the cocaine cowboy era...
When I was 13-years-old I lived on the streets in Miami during the cocaine cowboy era… I ended up on the street because I ran away from...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 9, 20206 min read
PSA: Human Trafficking Prevention Act
Pornography, prostitution and human traffickers, how they have an unfiltered gateway to your children via their smartphones, tablets,...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 9, 20201 min read
Human Trafficking of the Homeless and Runaway Youth
From dream job to exploitive nightmare
Marnie Grundman
Dec 9, 20201 min read
#4600andCounting
If a school lost one child a week what would you do? Foster care loses approx. 88 children a week, what are you ready to change? Over...
Marnie Grundman
Dec 9, 20202 min read
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